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The episode covers major AI and tech stories in a chaotic lightning round format.

Mythos Leaks, Token Billing, Claude Routines, and OpenAI's Big Week (Image Gen 2.0 + 5.5) The hosts attempt a chaotic "lightning round" covering major AI and tech stories: Anthropic's Mythos tool was reportedly accessed despite being considered too dangerous to release, yet it helped find serious Firefox bugs; Microsoft is criticized for new monetization moves including token-based GitHub billing, licensing "agents," and deeper Anthropic/Claude integration that may raise private-tenant data concerns. They discuss Claude "routines" that trigger on events for faster sales and help-desk responses, alongside ongoing risks like spyware incidents, OAuth-token attacks, and a Vercel hack. OpenAI's Codex is described as operating a Mac via the GUI while sending screenshots to servers, and ChatGPT Image Gen 2.0 is praised for consistent edits, web-informed infographics, and flexible sizing up to 4K. They also note ChatGPT 5.5 improvements, gas-powered data centers and climate impacts, UI differences between Microsoft and Google's Gemini integrations, hype cycles, and IPO/valuation speculation. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter…

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